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Post by aird154 on Dec 31, 2019 15:37:33 GMT -5
KU reached a Final Four by largely ignoring Prep Volleyball player rankings.
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Post by jasonr on Dec 31, 2019 16:20:24 GMT -5
KU reached a Final Four by largely ignoring Prep Volleyball player rankings. Not entirely true. Havili (#39), Burse (#48), and Payne (#66), were responsible for a lot of production in 2015. They didn't bank on top 10 players obviously, but Kuhn recruited good talent and Kuhn/Chamberlain were good developers of talent and now both are gone.
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Post by axelfoley on Dec 31, 2019 16:25:45 GMT -5
KU reached a Final Four by largely ignoring Prep Volleyball player rankings. Not entirely true. Havili (#39), Burse (#48), and Payne (#66), were responsible for a lot of production in 2015. They didn't bank on top 10 players obviously, but Kuhn recruited good talent and Kuhn/Chamberlain were good developers of talent and now both are gone. Though jasonr just touched on the point I was going to say let’s not act like they didn’t try to recruit any senior aces...there is a difference between “ignoring” and “not landing any” but as noted, they had some.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Dec 31, 2019 17:19:06 GMT -5
KU reached a Final Four by largely ignoring Prep Volleyball player rankings. Not entirely true. Havili (#39), Burse (#48), and Payne (#66), were responsible for a lot of production in 2015. They didn't bank on top 10 players obviously, but Kuhn recruited good talent and Kuhn/Chamberlain were good developers of talent and now both are gone. Kansas recruited those players well before they were ranked by Prepvolleyball. In theory the lesson would be to wait until after Texas has finished recruiting and then pick up the late bloomers in that class, but Texas has a way of drawing back their recruiting misses either through transfer or late decommit, so even that's not a 100% solid option.
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Post by jasonr on Dec 31, 2019 17:22:27 GMT -5
Not entirely true. Havili (#39), Burse (#48), and Payne (#66), were responsible for a lot of production in 2015. They didn't bank on top 10 players obviously, but Kuhn recruited good talent and Kuhn/Chamberlain were good developers of talent and now both are gone. Kansas recruited those players well before they were ranked by Prepvolleyball. In theory the lesson would be to wait until after Texas has finished recruiting and then pick up the late bloomers in that class, but Texas has a way of drawing back their recruiting misses either through transfer or late decommit, so even that's not a 100% solid option. True, but it's not like they haven't continued to recruit talented players (mass exodus aside). They've actually pulled pretty good talent the last few recruiting cycles. Now it's about keeping and developing them. It's like the Seinfeld episode, "Anyone can take a reservation, but keeping the reservation is the important part."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2020 15:57:50 GMT -5
Gloria Mutiri, Kansas State Oppo going to Oregon. vbfamily thought you'd like to know.
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Post by Steve MiZOO on Jan 1, 2020 16:01:15 GMT -5
Gloria Mutiri, Kentucky Oppo going to Oregon. Wouldn't that be the Wildcats of Kansas State?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2020 16:09:19 GMT -5
Gloria Mutiri, Kentucky Oppo going to Oregon. Wouldn't that be the Wildcats of Kansas State? One and the same. She played all 113 sets this year for KSU and led all pins, hitting .236 with a 35.1% termination rate.
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Post by vbfamily on Jan 1, 2020 16:27:34 GMT -5
Gloria Mutiri, Kansas State Oppo going to Oregon. vbfamily thought you'd like to know. I knew she was a potential! Woohoo!! Baller
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2020 16:29:14 GMT -5
Gloria Mutiri, Kansas State Oppo going to Oregon. vbfamily thought you'd like to know. I knew she was a potential! Woohoo!! Baller Definitely a loss for Kansas State. I've got more to post but I'll wait until they're official.
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Post by azvolleydad on Jan 1, 2020 16:43:14 GMT -5
Looks like Anna Dixon going east on I-70 from Manhattan to Columbia per Instagram. I’m told another KStater is in the portal too. Sorta called it.
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Post by NittanyLions on Jan 1, 2020 17:20:17 GMT -5
I knew she was a potential! Woohoo!! Baller Definitely a loss for Kansas State. I've got more to post but I'll wait until they're official. Post the others in the tea thread, they don't care about official there. LOL!
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Post by horns1 on Jan 1, 2020 17:24:25 GMT -5
KU reached a Final Four by largely ignoring Prep Volleyball player rankings. Not entirely true. Havili (#39), Burse (#48), and Payne (#66), were responsible for a lot of production in 2015. They didn't bank on top 10 players obviously, but Kuhn recruited good talent and Kuhn/Chamberlain were good developers of talent and now both are gone. Agreed, other than Burse didn't arrive at Kansas until 2016.
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Post by azvolleydad on Jan 1, 2020 17:30:16 GMT -5
Gloria Mutiri, Kansas State Oppo going to Oregon. vbfamily thought you'd like to know. Nice get for the Ducks!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2020 17:38:02 GMT -5
Gloria Mutiri, Kansas State Oppo going to Oregon. vbfamily thought you'd like to know. Nice get for the Ducks! Yep, she's been in the USA pipeline for a while. Good arm.
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